The lower power Ka-band radio might enable constellations of even smaller satellites.
Credit: Axelspace
Earth observation satellite builder Axelspace, in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology, has designed a novel Ka-band radio for microsatellites that it says operates with less than half the power consumption compared to a conventional radio and has a high radiation tolerance. Axelspace of...
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